BrodyIsDead
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OK, y'all, here's an idea that's probably not original at all and I'm hoping it's allowed by the rules of these boards but why don't we try and write an Indy story together!
I'll start us off below and then with each new reply to my post someone could add a new sentence, paragraph, or page to progress the story and continue the adventure!
This could either be a whipcracking success or a monkey-chattering failure, so it depends whether anyone's inspired enough to come along for the ride...
OK, the story's only rules are that it should explain how Indy lost his eye... (ever seen the original Young Indy episodes with 93 year old Indy wearing an eye-patch?) - we know that in 1950 he still had both eyes intact, and the new Indy IV film will be set in the 1950s/early 60s, so let's set this story in 1964? And it all begins in China on the steps of the Great Wall...
The sculpted mud tower stood tall on the tabletop as its maker, a wizened Chinese trinket seller stunned the gathered crowd with his pottery skills. His brown, wet hands smoothed out the clay for another minute until he finally stop peddling his table wheel and picked up a small brass cup, shaking it for the crowd to show their appreciation.
Some people threw in their pocket change but others quickly walked away, rejoining the path along the Great Wall which sprawled out to the left and right for miles. As the old potter was left shaking his head at his measly takings, a shadow of a much larger figure towered above him and his scultpure.
The shadow's owner began to speak in broken Mandarin but it was obvious from his lack of a local accent that he was American.
"I speak English, stranger" whispered the old Chinaman. "You can stop trying to impress me with your phrasebook language."
Indiana Jones took off his battered fedora and stepped closer to the potter's table. He leant close to the old man and whispered what he'd come all this way to say so that no-one else could hear him...
I'll start us off below and then with each new reply to my post someone could add a new sentence, paragraph, or page to progress the story and continue the adventure!
This could either be a whipcracking success or a monkey-chattering failure, so it depends whether anyone's inspired enough to come along for the ride...
OK, the story's only rules are that it should explain how Indy lost his eye... (ever seen the original Young Indy episodes with 93 year old Indy wearing an eye-patch?) - we know that in 1950 he still had both eyes intact, and the new Indy IV film will be set in the 1950s/early 60s, so let's set this story in 1964? And it all begins in China on the steps of the Great Wall...
Indiana Jones & The Curse of the Chinese Whisperer
(A Raven Forum Collaboration Story)
The sculpted mud tower stood tall on the tabletop as its maker, a wizened Chinese trinket seller stunned the gathered crowd with his pottery skills. His brown, wet hands smoothed out the clay for another minute until he finally stop peddling his table wheel and picked up a small brass cup, shaking it for the crowd to show their appreciation.
Some people threw in their pocket change but others quickly walked away, rejoining the path along the Great Wall which sprawled out to the left and right for miles. As the old potter was left shaking his head at his measly takings, a shadow of a much larger figure towered above him and his scultpure.
The shadow's owner began to speak in broken Mandarin but it was obvious from his lack of a local accent that he was American.
"I speak English, stranger" whispered the old Chinaman. "You can stop trying to impress me with your phrasebook language."
Indiana Jones took off his battered fedora and stepped closer to the potter's table. He leant close to the old man and whispered what he'd come all this way to say so that no-one else could hear him...
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